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    You've seen it. A fic formatted like a classified document. A chapter that looks like a real social media feed. An interactive game, somehow, inside an AO3 work. You clicked the kudos button. You thought: how.

    This is the tutorial that answers that.

    A beginner-friendly guide to HTML and CSS on AO3 — no prior coding experience required. By the end of this series, you'll know enough to write formatted fics, build your own workskins, style your entire AO3 interface, and maybe make something that makes other people stop and think how.

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  2. Public Bookmark 23

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    After his thirtieth birthday, Ivan discovers that remaining a virgin means he now has the ability to hear other people's thoughts whenever he touches them. Is this his opportunity to get closer to Till, his coworker and the man he's loved since high school? Which, admittedly, would be much easier if Ivan's first glimpses of Till's thoughts didn't seem to indicate that he actively dislikes him...

    What else is someone so practiced in the art of charm and people-pleasing to do but try and change his mind?

     

    This is intended to be a light-hearted, fun fic that takes place in an AU inspired by "Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!" Silly things ensue. 💖
    [Does not have a specific or regular posting schedule.]

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    07 Jun 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 31

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    "Not thinking of marriage yet? We're pushing 30, man."

    Ivan's eyes skidder to the side, to the bundles of clouds above, like splotches of ink. The city is alive all around them, the noise of traffic and faraway voices insulated, muted within that private moment.

    "I told you, Till. There was only one girl I've ever loved."

    The cigarette is flickered to the snowy ground below. Till's face curled in incredulity, something Ivan can tell even without looking.

    "Still? It's been nearly ten years. You said you only saw her once."

    Wild, choppy gray hair, his button nose is pink, cheeks flushed in the cold, made warm by alcohol. Crackled, thin lips, barely parted. Teal, sharp eyes. Naive. Earnest. Stunningly oblivious.

    "I'd still wait a lifetime, just to see her again."

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    Ivan was never allowed to be anything other than perfect, even if he, himself, knew he was beyond salvation from the start.

    An exploration on repression, guilt, self loathing, and a love that refuses to die, refuses to even be called love.

    Ivan could only ever adore a woman that didn't exist.

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    30 Mar 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 47

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    Till proposes a fake-dating schee to ward off people who desperately try to worm themselves into Ivan's very much personal private love life. That's just what friends do, right?

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    20 Mar 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 76

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    Till had pegged Ivan as a yoga guy. He must go crazy zen before work every day to show up like he does and stay that way even through overtime.

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    16 Mar 2026